Necktie attachment.



1 J. EAKINS.

NECKTIE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. I5. 1915.

1 ,1 90,875. Patented July 11,1916;

WITNESSES.- INVENTOR M Jbsepk Eakina.

llomeys JOSEPH EAKINS, OF-NEW.YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented July 11, 1916.

Application filed March 15, 1915. Serial No. 14,565.

V Toall whom it may concern and not as defining the limits of the inven- I Be it known that I, JOSEPH EAKINS, a citizen of the United- States, residing in the city of New York, borough of-Manhattan, county and 'State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Neckti'eAttachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a necktie attachment.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character embodying a onepiece, integral structure, which will be extremely simple in constructionand economical to manufacture and which, when positioned on a necktie, will preclude the binding of the necktie beneath the portions of a fold-over collar and thereby facilitate the adjustment of said tie after the same is knotted at the front of the collar.

A salient feature of the present invention resides in the fact that the attachment is of integral, one-piece construction, there are no parts to become lost, and the device is so formed that it may be manufactured in a single operation, thereby rendering it economical to manufacture.

In one of its practical forms, the invention embodies a sheet metal blank, preferably formed from material having resilient characteristics. 'The device is provided with parallel slots near either end of the blank,

through which slots is adapted to be passed.

a necktie, said tie being maintained in engagement with the blank by the springy qualities of the latter. The blank in thisspecified, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description taken in conjunc-' tion with the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction shown therein. is to beunderstoodj as illustrative, only,

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Figure 1 is a perspective'viewpf an assembled collar and necktie, a portlon of the neckband of which collar is cutaway to show the manner in which the attachment.

- of the present invention is associated with other resilient metal.

a longitudinal section taken on line 3-3 of Flg. 2 and Fig; 4; is a transverse section through the attachment, taken on line l4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a blank embodying the attachment. Near either end of said blank, and at spaced distances from, the opposite ends thereof, parallel'slots a are formed, which divide the blank into a plate B, provided at its opposite ends with projecting arms b. The blank may be formed from any desired material, such as cardboard, celluloid, or the like, but

it is preferably stamped from spring steel or may have any desirable contour, but, in its preferred form, its upper edge is shown cut away intermediate the ends of the device to secure minimum weight and, at the same time, to provide a construction which will not bind at the fold between'the inner and outer portions of the collar. 7

The slots at extend in parallel relation, transversely of the blank, from the lower edge'thereof, and, in placing the attachment upon a necktie, the tie is adapted to enter said slots. To more readily allow of this, and to insure against a too marked degree of offset infthe tie, where it passe's through the slots, slots at of constrictedarea lead from the base of the slots a into the plate, thus rendering the arms extremely springy Moreover, the blank and resilient and, at the same time, producing a like effect upon the opposite ends of the plate B.

' Thefforegoing disposition ofthe cooperating slots a and a is such as to render the opposite ends of the blank-extremely flexible, so that, when the attachment is positioned upon a necktie-and tension isplaced upon the latter, as in the act of tying a bow or four-in-hand, thearms b and the adja, cent ends of the. plate B will give to such extent as to allow the necktie-to lie substantially flat against the plate B and the neckband of the collar, .as shown more particularly in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

In ordertoinsure the attachment against inadvertent detachment from the necktie after the positioning of the same thereon, I

preferably provide a flange b at the outer edge of the arms and, in like manner, the opposite ends of the plate B are also flanged, as at 0. The flanges 0, however, differ from the flanges Z) in that the former'are preferment is placed upon the necktie D previous to the positioning of the latter between the folds of the collar. hen in the position shown, the rounded, upper edge at either end of the blank engages with the apex of the fold in the collar and precludes the necktie from riding upwardly into such constricted portion of the collar, which, were it allowed to do so, would cause excess binding of the tie and render the adjustment thereof extremely diflicult. By virtue of the engagement of the edge of the attachment with the apex of the fold of the collar, said attachment guides the necktie, during the manipulation thereof, into proper position and, at all times, precludes the entrance of the necktie'into the constricted space in the extreme upper portion of the collar.

It has been found, through much experiment, that the binding of a necktie within a collar is due particularly to friction between said tie and the neckband of the collar when the tie is pulled taut. The friction with the fold-over portion of the collar is of no marked degree except, of course, when the necktie rides into the apex at the top of the collar. By providing means in the attachment of the present invention to preclude this riding of the necktie, it is, therefore, only'necessary to obviate the friction between the neckband and the tie. Accordingly, plate B of the attachment is adapted, when the attachment is in proper position upon a tie, to be positioned on the inner side of said tie, or on that side thereof which would normally engage with the neck band. Plate B, being thus positioned between the tie and the neckband at the back of the collar, or at that portion where the binding generally occurs, obviates all friction at this point and insures the ready adjustment of the tie.

It has been heretofore suggested to pro- 1 vide attachments for neckties so that, when the necktie was positioned between the portions of a fold-over collar, friction would be precluded, but, in most of these devices, a pair of cooperating plates were employed, which plates were adapted to be secured together so that the necktie passed between them, it apparently having been thought that it was necessary to preclude friction between the necktie and both the neckband and the fold-over portion. In many cases, this was essential, since no means were provided to preclude the necktie from rising into the apex of the fold, and, even though two plates were employed, their mere presence would not preclude the binding of the tie when in engagement with the apex of the fold. So far as applicant is aware, however, he is the first to employ an attachment of the character described, which embodies an integral, one-piece construction provided with means for precluding the rising of the necktie as described.

The foregoing description sets forth the preferred embodiment of the invention, and I have found that the construction shown and described will adequately perform its intended function. However, I do not limit the present invention to the precise details of construction shown, but consider the same as broadly novel as commensurate with the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I'claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent is v 1. A one-piece, anti-friction necktie attachment adapted to be mounted on a necktie and be positioned at the back of a collar, said attachment embodying, in its entirety, a single elongated strip of sheet material provided near its opposite ends with slots extending inwardly from one and the same edge of said strip, said strip being adapted to be applied to a necktie in such manner that the necktie will passv through the slots at the opposite ends of the strip 2. A one-piece, anti-friction necktie attachment adapted to be'mounted on a necktie and to be positioned at the back of a collar, said attachment embodying, in its entirety, a single strip of resilient material provided at its opposite ends with substantially parallel slots extending inwardly from the edge of the strip whereby the necktie is adapted to be inserted into said slots for the purpose of detachably positioning the attachment on the tie.

3. A necktie attachment embodying a strip of resilient material provided at its opposite ends with substantially parallel slots whereby a necktie is adapted to be passed through said slots for the purpose of detachably positioning the attachment thereon, and a plurality of teeth positioned along one edge of each of said slots and adapted to engage with a tie to preclude relative movement between the attachment and the tie.

4. A one-piece, anti-friction necktie attachment embodying, in its entirety, a single sheet metal strip, adjacent the opposite ends of which is a pair of substantially. parallel slots extending from one and the same longitudinal edge of the strip, the base of each of said slots communicating with another slot positioned in angular relation to the first-mentioned slot whereby maximum flexibility is secured at the opposite ends of said attachment, thereby allowing the same to readily conform to the shape of a necktie when the attachment is positioned thereon.

5. A necktie attachment embodying an elongated sheet metal strip provided near its opposite ends with parallel slots extending from one and the same longitudinal edge of the strip, the base of each of which slots cooperates with an additional slot extending in angular relation to the first-mentioned slot whereby the opposite ends of the strip are rendered flexible to conform with a necktie when said attachment is positioned thereon and the necktie is positioned within afold-over collar.

6. A one-piece, anti-friction necktie at-V tachment adapted to be mounted on a neck tie and be positioned at the back of a collar,

lique angular'relation to the parallel slots and cooperating with said slots for render ing the attachment flexible.

7. A one-piece, anti-friction necktie attachment adapted to be mounted on a necktie and be positioned at the back of a collar, said attachment embodying a strip of resilient material provided at its opposite ends with substantially parallel slots whereby the necktie is adapted to be passed through said slots for the purpose of detachably positioning the attachment thereon, a plurality of teeth positioned along one edge of each of said slots, said teeth being adapted to engage with the necktie to preclude relative movement between the attachment and. the tie, and additional slots v:Eormed in the strip, communicating with the first-mentioned slots and extending in angular relation thereto for the purpose of imparting maximum flexibility to the opposite ends of said attachment, thereby allowing the same to readily conform to the shape of the necktie when the attachment is positioned thereon.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH EAKINS;

Witnesses SARAH E. WILLIs, HENRY GREEN.

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